Razor-strop.



UNiTrLb Srfrrns lMTrNT OFFICE.

` FERDINAND SCIIWAlS, OF SOllltVlLlgll, MASSA('lll"SlC'l"l`S, ASSIGNOR TO 'lllE HOWARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF llOS'lON, MASSA(,fIlUSE'l`TS.`

RAZOR-STRO'P."

SPECIFICATION forming part of" Letters Patent N o. 669,809, datedMarch 12, lOl. Application filed Deeember'29, 1900. Serial No. 41438 (N0 model- .To mtl whom, t may concern.-

Be it known 4that I, FERDINAND ScH'wAB, a citizen of the United Statesnesiding at Somerville, county. of Middlesex, and State of Mas- 5 sachusetls, have invented certain` new and A useful Improvements in Razor-Strops, fully described andrepresented in the followinpr Y specification and theaccompanyingdrawings,

. forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in razor-strop constructions, and particularly to razor-strop constructions of that class de? signed particularly for the use of travelers, in which the strop is attached at one cnd to I5 a spring-operated rotary member upon which the strop when not in use is wound up into compact form, such rotary4 member being in l turn provided with or carried by a support j ing-.frame which is adapted to be attached by l. ,-2 o 4means of a hook or other suitable means to 'a wall or other convenient ment.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a simple and compact razor-strop construction of .the class referred to.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a razor-strop construction embodying the present invention, the same being shown in position attached to a 3o wall orother suitable` place in position for use. Fig. 2 is a detail view in perspective of therotary member wound and the supporting bracket vor trame by whichit is attached to the wall orother convenient place of attachment. Fig. is a sectional elevatiomon an enlarged scale,of the construction illustrated in Fig, l.; and Figs. 4 and' are cross-sections on the lines 4 5, respectively, of Fig. 3. i f

Referringr to said drawings, A represents therazor-.strop proper, which may be of any suitable flexible material and whichis provided at one end with the usual handle a; l5, the rotary member to which the opposite end of the strop A is secured and upon which the strop is wound when not in use, and C the supporting frame or bracketin which the rol tary member l `is journaled and which is adaptedto besecured as shown in Fig. l---as,` 5o foi-example,

y p or other convenient place of attachment.

place of attach` `iup,r of a disk b,

upon which the strop is,V ,C by"being clamped between the end function of this spring The rotary member l5 consists of a cylindrical shell of sheet metal provided with means for the attachment of the end of the strop A, the means shown consistingof prongs l/,l'ormed integrally with the shell B by stampiinr them out of the material of the shell, as illustrated in Fig. 2, these prongs in securing,I the strop to the rotary member B passing upwardly through the end of the strop, bo as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The bracket O is provided with a shaft E, which is Iixhd to thc bracket by means of a screw c passing;` through au eye in the `lower end ol' the depending arm c oi' the bracket C 65 and threaded into oncend of the shaft E, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the opposite end of the shaft lil, which is provided with a longitudinal openingI for a purpose hereinafter A explaine ,being supported from thede'pend- 1o ing,r arm c of the bracket C by means of `a pin `l passingr through au eye in the lower end of the depending,r arm c' and entering the longitudinal opening in shaft E.v The shaft E is inclosed by the rotary member B, which is provided at one end with a bearing consistfixed to said rotary member and resting upon theshaft E, asillustrated in Figf, another bearing being provided for the opposite end of said rotary .member bya 8o disk'bg, upon which the end of said rotary member rest/sand which isfiixed to the bracket' of the shaft Eand the depending arm c of said bracket by means of the screw e, which, as shown in Fig. 3, passes through an opening in the disk Ui. 'lhe disks b' and b2 not only serve as bearings or supports for the rotary member B, but also serve the function of closingr the ends of said member, so as to pro- 9o tect the parts inclosed thereby from dust, grit, dac. The rotary member B also incloses a springl S, one end of whichis fixed to the shaft E, as shown at the right of Fig. 3,.whilc` the other end thereof is lixed to the rotary 9S member l, asshown at the left of Fig. 3, the

Sbeing to resist rotation of the member B as the strop A is uni wound and to rotate said member when the strop is released, so as to again wind the strop Ico upo'nthe rotary member.r i A Normally or when `the strop is `not indisciupon the rotary member B. as shown in Fig.

.be explained. 1n the longitudinal opening,r in which it is l, by means of the spring S.,

Means are shown in the'present case for locking the rotary member against rotation lby its spring S when the strop vA is released by the user, so as to retain the strop in its withdrawn or unwound condition until such time as the user wishesit to be rewounthwhen, as hereinafter described, the user may re- ,lease the locking means referred to, and thus pertnit they spring S to rotate the rotary member B io\ rewind the strop A ttpon said mem- ,.ber.. The locking meansshown consists of a tooth or projection p, fixed to the pin P and adapted yto engage with one-of a series ot' teeth ha, formedupon thedisk b', and by such engagement to lock the rotary member l-S against rotation by the spring S, and thus retain the strop A in its nnwound condition until the pin P is released from engagement with the disk'b by the user, as will Apresently The pin l is adapted toslidc mounted in the shaft E.; so as to engage the tooth p with or disengage itl from the teeth j b3 upon the` disk b', the tooth or projection p', 'as the pin P is thus moved longitudinally of the shaft E, moving in a slot p3 in the shaft E. (See Fig. 3.) The pin lPis normally pressed outwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3, so as to engage the tooth or projection p with the teeth upon the disk b' by means of a spring s in the longitudinal opening in the shaft E, in which said pin is mounted, while the outer end `of the pin P projects beyond the bracket C in convenient position to be engaged by the hand of the user and to be moved inwardly, so as to disengage the tooth or projectiony) from the disk b, and to thus release the rotary member B and permit its spring S to rotate it for the purpose ol' winding up the strop A. It will be apparent that with this construction when' the user of the stroprcleases it for the purposoof tryiughis razor or for any other purpose it is not rewonnd upon the rotary member l, which is locked against rotation by the tooth p, but rcniains in its unwound or extended condition until such time as the usordesiros to have it rewound upon the member ll, when the user will press the pin l inwardly, and thus disengage the tooth p from the disk b, thus releasing the member li aud permitting the spring S to rotate said member i3 and wind up the strop A into the condition shown in Fig. l.

What I claim is-M 1. A razor-strop construction comprising a supporting-frame, a rotary member mounted therein and upon which the strop is to'be wound, a spring for rotating said member t.o

wind upthe strop, and a spring'pressed lock-` ing device for preventing rotation of said member by its spring, substantially as described.

2. A razor-strop construction comprising a. supporting-frame, a rotary member mounted therein and upon vwhich the strop is to be wound, a spring for rotating said member to wind up the strop, and a spring-pressed locking device carried by the frame and inclosed by the rotary member and movable longitudinally of the rotary member for preventing rotation of the latter by its spring, substan' tially as described.

3. A razor-strop construction comprisinga supporting'trame, a shaft fixed thereto, a rotary member journaled upon said shaft', Va spring for rotating said member to wind up the strop, and a locking device mounted on and movable longitudinally of ysaid shaft for preventing rotation of said member by its spring, substantially as described.

l. A razor-strop construction comprising a supporting-frame, a rotary member mounted therein and upon which the strop is to be wound, a spring for rotating said member to wind up the strop, and a locking device for preventing rotation of said member by its spring, said spring and locking device being.

incloscd by said rotary member-and said locka ing device having a projecting part whereby it may be released by hand, substantially as described. v

5. A razor-strop construction comprisinga supporting-frame, a rotary member mounted therein and upon which the strop is to be wound, a spring for rotating said member to wind up the strop, anda spring-pressed locking device for preventing rotation of said member by its spring, said spring and locking device being inclosed by said rotary member and said locking device having a projecting part whereby it may be released by hand, substantially as described.

o'. A razor-strop construction comprisinga supporting-frame, a rotary member mounted therein and upon which the strop is to be wound, a spring for rotating said member'to wind up the strop, and a' spring-pressedlocking device carried by the frame and movable longitudinally of the rotary member for preventing rotation ot the latter by its spring, said spring and lockiugdcvice beinginclosed by said rotary memberand said lockingdevicc having a projecting part whereby it tnay be released by hand, substantially as described.'

7. A razor-strop construction comprising a supporting-frame, a shaft fixed thereto, arotary member jonrnaled upon said shaft, ,a spring for rotating said member to wind up the strop, anda locking device mounted upon and movable 1y ngitudinally of said shaft forpreventing y"rotation of said member by its. said shaft,spring andjlockingdevice IOO tof,

wnereby it may be released by hand, substantially as described.

8. Arazor-strop construction comprisinga supporting-frame, shaft E, rotary1 member B journaled therein and provided with means of attachment for a razor-strop, spring S inclosed by said member, and disks, as b', b2, closing the ends of said member, one of said disks being fixed to shaft E and the other to rotary member B, substantially as described.

9. A razor-strop construction comprising a 'supporting-frame, shaft E, rotary member B provided With integral prongs b,spring S inclosed by said member, and disks, as b b2, closing the ends of said member, one of said disks being` fixed to shaft- Eand the other to rotary member B,substantially as described.

l0. A razorstrop construction comprising a supporting-frame, a rotary member B journaled therein and provided with integral pointed prongs D, and a spring for rotating `said member to wind up the strop, substantially as described.

11. A razor-strop construction comprising,r

a snpporting-frame, shaft E provided with a llongitudinal opening, a rotary member, a

spring for rotating said member to wind up the strop, and spring-pressed pin P movable in the opening in said shaft and provided with a locking device for preventing rotation of said member by its spring, substantially as described. i l

12. A razor-strop construction comprising` a supporting-frame, shaft E provided with a longitudinal openingarotarymember, a spring` for rotating said member to wind up thestrop, and spring-pressed pin P movable in the opening,` in said shaft and provided with locking-tooth p movable in asiot in said shaft for preventing rotation` of said member by its spring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof i have hereunto set my hand in the Witnesses.

FERDINAND SCHWAB. Witnesses:

PATRICK J. KYLE, KATHARYN C. GEE.

presence of t-Wo subscribing 

